High prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in wild and domesticated animals in an endemic area of China

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 841-845

  Yalin, Wang ^a   Lingbing, Zeng ^a   Hongliang, Yang ^a,d   Jianmin, Xu ^b   Xiangyan, Zhang ^a   Xiaokui, Guo ^a   Utpal, Pal ^c   Jinhong, Qin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Jiangxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Culture; Leptospirosis; PCR; Prevalence; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUFFALO; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWINE; URINALYSIS; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BUFFALOES; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; URINE;

EID: 81155144671     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60205-8     Document Type: Article

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